PARSO(1) parso PARSO(1) NAME parso - parso Documentation Release v0.8.4. (Installation) Parso is a Python parser that supports error recovery and round-trip parsing for different Python versions (in multiple Python versions). Parso is also able to list multiple syntax errors in your python file. Parso has been battle-tested by jedi. It was pulled out of jedi to be useful for other projects as well. Parso consists of a small API to parse Python and analyse the syntax tree. A simple example: >>> import parso >>> module = parso.parse('hello + 1', version="3.9") >>> expr = module.children[0] >>> expr PythonNode(arith_expr, [, , ]) >>> print(expr.get_code()) hello + 1 >>> name = expr.children[0] >>> name >>> name.end_pos (1, 5) >>> expr.end_pos (1, 9) To list multiple issues: >>> grammar = parso.load_grammar() >>> module = grammar.parse('foo +\nbar\ncontinue') >>> error1, error2 = grammar.iter_errors(module) >>> error1.message 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax' >>> error2.message "SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop" DOCS Installation and Configuration The preferred way (pip) On any system you can install parso directly from the Python package index using pip: sudo pip install parso From git If you want to install the current development version (master branch): sudo pip install -e git://github.com/davidhalter/parso.git#egg=parso Manual installation from a downloaded package (not recommended) If you prefer not to use an automated package installer, you can download a current copy of parso and install it manually. To install it, navigate to the directory containing setup.py on your console and type: sudo python setup.py install Usage parso works around grammars. You can simply create Python grammars by calling parso.load_grammar(). Grammars (with a custom tokenizer and custom parser trees) can also be created by directly instantiating parso.Grammar(). More information about the resulting objects can be found in the parser tree documentation. The simplest way of using parso is without even loading a grammar (parso.parse()): >>> import parso >>> parso.parse('foo + bar') Loading a Grammar Typically if you want to work with one specific Python version, use: parso.load_grammar(*, version: str = None, path: str = None) Loads a parso.Grammar. The default version is the current Python version. Parameters o version (str) -- A python version string, e.g. version='3.8'. o path (str) -- A path to a grammar file Grammar methods You will get back a grammar object that you can use to parse code and find issues in it: class parso.Grammar(text: str, *, tokenizer, parser=, diff_parser=None) parso.load_grammar() returns instances of this class. Creating custom none-python grammars by calling this is not supported, yet. Parameters text -- A BNF representation of your grammar. parse(code: str | bytes = None, *, error_recovery=True, path: PathLike | str = None, start_symbol: str = None, cache=False, diff_cache=False, cache_path: PathLike | str = None, file_io: FileIO = None) -> _NodeT If you want to parse a Python file you want to start here, most likely. If you need finer grained control over the parsed instance, there will be other ways to access it. Parameters o code (str) -- A unicode or bytes string. When it's not possible to decode bytes to a string, returns a UnicodeDecodeError. o error_recovery (bool) -- If enabled, any code will be returned. If it is invalid, it will be returned as an error node. If disabled, you will get a ParseError when encountering syntax errors in your code. o start_symbol (str) -- The grammar rule (nonterminal) that you want to parse. Only allowed to be used when error_recovery is False. o path (str) -- The path to the file you want to open. Only needed for caching. o cache (bool) -- Keeps a copy of the parser tree in RAM and on disk if a path is given. Returns the cached trees if the corresponding files on disk have not changed. Note that this stores pickle files on your file system (e.g. for Linux in ~/.cache/parso/). o diff_cache (bool) -- Diffs the cached python module against the new code and tries to parse only the parts that have changed. Returns the same (changed) module that is found in cache. Using this option requires you to not do anything anymore with the cached modules under that path, because the contents of it might change. This option is still somewhat experimental. If you want stability, please don't use it. o cache_path (bool) -- If given saves the parso cache in this directory. If not given, defaults to the default cache places on each platform. Returns A subclass of parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf. Typically a parso.python.tree.Module. iter_errors(node) Given a parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf returns a generator of parso.normalizer.Issue objects. For Python this is a list of syntax/indentation errors. refactor(base_node, node_to_str_map) Error Retrieval parso is able to find multiple errors in your source code. Iterating through those errors yields the following instances: class parso.normalizer.Issue(node, code, message) code An integer code that stands for the type of error. message A message (string) for the issue. start_pos The start position position of the error as a tuple (line, column). As always in parso the first line is 1 and the first column 0. Utility parso also offers some utility functions that can be really useful: parso.parse(code=None, **kwargs) A utility function to avoid loading grammars. Params are documented in parso.Grammar.parse(). Parameters version (str) -- The version used by parso.load_grammar(). parso.split_lines(string: str, keepends: bool = False) -> Sequence[str] Intended for Python code. In contrast to Python's str.splitlines(), looks at form feeds and other special characters as normal text. Just splits \n and \r\n. Also different: Returns [""] for an empty string input. In Python 2.7 form feeds are used as normal characters when using str.splitlines. However in Python 3 somewhere there was a decision to split also on form feeds. parso.python_bytes_to_unicode(source: str | bytes, encoding: str = 'utf-8', errors: str = 'strict') -> str Checks for unicode BOMs and PEP 263 encoding declarations. Then returns a unicode object like in bytes.decode(). Parameters o encoding -- See bytes.decode() documentation. o errors -- See bytes.decode() documentation. errors can be 'strict', 'replace' or 'ignore'. Used By o jedi (which is used by IPython and a lot of editor plugins). o mutmut (mutation tester) Parser Tree The parser tree is returned by calling parso.Grammar.parse(). NOTE: Note that parso positions are always 1 based for lines and zero based for columns. This means the first position in a file is (1, 0). Parser Tree Base Classes Generally there are two types of classes you will deal with: parso.tree.Leaf and parso.tree.BaseNode. class parso.tree.BaseNode(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: NodeOrLeaf The super class for all nodes. A node has children, a type and possibly a parent node. children A list of NodeOrLeaf child nodes. property start_pos: Tuple[int, int] Returns the starting position of the prefix as a tuple, e.g. (3, 4). Return tuple of int (line, column) get_start_pos_of_prefix() Returns the start_pos of the prefix. This means basically it returns the end_pos of the last prefix. The get_start_pos_of_prefix() of the prefix + in 2 + 1 would be (1, 1), while the start_pos is (1, 2). Return tuple of int (line, column) property end_pos: Tuple[int, int] Returns the end position of the prefix as a tuple, e.g. (3, 4). Return tuple of int (line, column) get_code(include_prefix=True) Returns the code that was the input for the parser for this node. Parameters include_prefix -- Removes the prefix (whitespace and comments) of e.g. a statement. get_leaf_for_position(position, include_prefixes=False) Get the parso.tree.Leaf at position Parameters o position (tuple) -- A position tuple, row, column. Rows start from 1 o include_prefixes (bool) -- If False, None will be returned if position falls on whitespace or comments before a leaf Returns parso.tree.Leaf at position, or None get_first_leaf() Returns the first leaf of a node or itself if this is a leaf. get_last_leaf() Returns the last leaf of a node or itself if this is a leaf. class parso.tree.Leaf(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: NodeOrLeaf Leafs are basically tokens with a better API. Leafs exactly know where they were defined and what text preceeds them. value str() The value of the current token. prefix: str str() Typically a mixture of whitespace and comments. Stuff that is syntactically irrelevant for the syntax tree. property start_pos: Tuple[int, int] Returns the starting position of the prefix as a tuple, e.g. (3, 4). Return tuple of int (line, column) get_start_pos_of_prefix() Returns the start_pos of the prefix. This means basically it returns the end_pos of the last prefix. The get_start_pos_of_prefix() of the prefix + in 2 + 1 would be (1, 1), while the start_pos is (1, 2). Return tuple of int (line, column) get_first_leaf() Returns the first leaf of a node or itself if this is a leaf. get_last_leaf() Returns the last leaf of a node or itself if this is a leaf. get_code(include_prefix=True) Returns the code that was the input for the parser for this node. Parameters include_prefix -- Removes the prefix (whitespace and comments) of e.g. a statement. property end_pos: Tuple[int, int] Returns the end position of the prefix as a tuple, e.g. (3, 4). Return tuple of int (line, column) All nodes and leaves have these methods/properties: class parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf Bases: object The base class for nodes and leaves. type: str The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. parent: BaseNode | None The parent BaseNode of this node or leaf. None if this is the root node. get_root_node() Returns the root node of a parser tree. The returned node doesn't have a parent node like all the other nodes/leaves. get_next_sibling() Returns the node immediately following this node in this parent's children list. If this node does not have a next sibling, it is None get_previous_sibling() Returns the node immediately preceding this node in this parent's children list. If this node does not have a previous sibling, it is None. get_previous_leaf() Returns the previous leaf in the parser tree. Returns None if this is the first element in the parser tree. get_next_leaf() Returns the next leaf in the parser tree. Returns None if this is the last element in the parser tree. abstract property start_pos: Tuple[int, int] Returns the starting position of the prefix as a tuple, e.g. (3, 4). Return tuple of int (line, column) abstract property end_pos: Tuple[int, int] Returns the end position of the prefix as a tuple, e.g. (3, 4). Return tuple of int (line, column) abstract get_start_pos_of_prefix() Returns the start_pos of the prefix. This means basically it returns the end_pos of the last prefix. The get_start_pos_of_prefix() of the prefix + in 2 + 1 would be (1, 1), while the start_pos is (1, 2). Return tuple of int (line, column) abstract get_first_leaf() Returns the first leaf of a node or itself if this is a leaf. abstract get_last_leaf() Returns the last leaf of a node or itself if this is a leaf. abstract get_code(include_prefix=True) Returns the code that was the input for the parser for this node. Parameters include_prefix -- Removes the prefix (whitespace and comments) of e.g. a statement. search_ancestor(*node_types: str) -> BaseNode | None Recursively looks at the parents of this node or leaf and returns the first found node that matches node_types. Returns None if no matching node is found. Parameters node_types -- type names that are searched for. dump(*, indent: str | int | None = 4) -> str Returns a formatted dump of the parser tree rooted at this node or leaf. This is mainly useful for debugging purposes. The indent parameter is interpreted in a similar way as ast.dump(). If indent is a non-negative integer or string, then the tree will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of 0, negative, or "" will only insert newlines. None selects the single line representation. Using a positive integer indent indents that many spaces per level. If indent is a string (such as "\t"), that string is used to indent each level. Parameters indent -- Indentation style as described above. The default indentation is 4 spaces, which yields a pretty-printed dump. >>> import parso >>> print(parso.parse("lambda x, y: x + y").dump()) Module([ Lambda([ Keyword('lambda', (1, 0)), Param([ Name('x', (1, 7), prefix=' '), Operator(',', (1, 8)), ]), Param([ Name('y', (1, 10), prefix=' '), ]), Operator(':', (1, 11)), PythonNode('arith_expr', [ Name('x', (1, 13), prefix=' '), Operator('+', (1, 15), prefix=' '), Name('y', (1, 17), prefix=' '), ]), ]), EndMarker('', (1, 18)), ]) Python Parser Tree This is the syntax tree for Python 3 syntaxes. The classes represent syntax elements like functions and imports. All of the nodes can be traced back to the Python grammar file. If you want to know how a tree is structured, just analyse that file (for each Python version it's a bit different). There's a lot of logic here that makes it easier for Jedi (and other libraries) to deal with a Python syntax tree. By using parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf.get_code() on a module, you can get back the 1-to-1 representation of the input given to the parser. This is important if you want to refactor a parser tree. >>> from parso import parse >>> parser = parse('import os') >>> module = parser.get_root_node() >>> module Any subclasses of Scope, including Module has an attribute iter_imports: >>> list(module.iter_imports()) [] Changes to the Python Grammar A few things have changed when looking at Python grammar files: o Param does not exist in Python grammar files. It is essentially a part of a parameters node. parso splits it up to make it easier to analyse parameters. However this just makes it easier to deal with the syntax tree, it doesn't actually change the valid syntax. o A few nodes like lambdef and lambdef_nocond have been merged in the syntax tree to make it easier to do deal with them. Parser Tree Classes class parso.python.tree.DocstringMixin Bases: object get_doc_node() Returns the string leaf of a docstring. e.g. r'''foo'''. class parso.python.tree.PythonMixin Bases: object Some Python specific utilities. get_name_of_position(position) Given a (line, column) tuple, returns a Name or None if there is no name at that position. class parso.python.tree.PythonLeaf(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: PythonMixin, Leaf get_start_pos_of_prefix() Basically calls parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf.get_start_pos_of_prefix(). class parso.python.tree.PythonBaseNode(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonMixin, BaseNode class parso.python.tree.PythonNode(type, children) Bases: PythonMixin, Node class parso.python.tree.PythonErrorNode(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonMixin, ErrorNode class parso.python.tree.PythonErrorLeaf(token_type, value, start_pos, prefix='') Bases: ErrorLeaf, PythonLeaf class parso.python.tree.EndMarker(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: _LeafWithoutNewlines type: str = 'endmarker' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.Newline(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: PythonLeaf Contains NEWLINE and ENDMARKER tokens. type: str = 'newline' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.Name(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: _LeafWithoutNewlines A string. Sometimes it is important to know if the string belongs to a name or not. type: str = 'name' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. is_definition(include_setitem=False) Returns True if the name is being defined. get_definition(import_name_always=False, include_setitem=False) Returns None if there's no definition for a name. Parameters import_name_always -- Specifies if an import name is always a definition. Normally foo in from foo import bar is not a definition. class parso.python.tree.Literal(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: PythonLeaf class parso.python.tree.Number(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: Literal type: str = 'number' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.String(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: Literal type: str = 'string' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. property string_prefix class parso.python.tree.FStringString(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: PythonLeaf f-strings contain f-string expressions and normal python strings. These are the string parts of f-strings. type: str = 'fstring_string' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.FStringStart(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: PythonLeaf f-strings contain f-string expressions and normal python strings. These are the string parts of f-strings. type: str = 'fstring_start' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.FStringEnd(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: PythonLeaf f-strings contain f-string expressions and normal python strings. These are the string parts of f-strings. type: str = 'fstring_end' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.Operator(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: _LeafWithoutNewlines, _StringComparisonMixin type: str = 'operator' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.Keyword(value: str, start_pos: Tuple[int, int], prefix: str = '') Bases: _LeafWithoutNewlines, _StringComparisonMixin type: str = 'keyword' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.Scope(children) Bases: PythonBaseNode, DocstringMixin Super class for the parser tree, which represents the state of a python text file. A Scope is either a function, class or lambda. iter_funcdefs() Returns a generator of funcdef nodes. iter_classdefs() Returns a generator of classdef nodes. iter_imports() Returns a generator of import_name and import_from nodes. get_suite() Returns the part that is executed by the function. class parso.python.tree.Module(children) Bases: Scope The top scope, which is always a module. Depending on the underlying parser this may be a full module or just a part of a module. type: str = 'file_input' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_used_names() Returns all the Name leafs that exist in this module. This includes both definitions and references of names. class parso.python.tree.Decorator(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode type: str = 'decorator' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.ClassOrFunc(children) Bases: Scope property name Returns the Name leaf that defines the function or class name. get_decorators() Return type list of Decorator class parso.python.tree.Class(children) Bases: ClassOrFunc Used to store the parsed contents of a python class. type: str = 'classdef' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_super_arglist() Returns the arglist node that defines the super classes. It returns None if there are no arguments. class parso.python.tree.Function(children) Bases: ClassOrFunc Used to store the parsed contents of a python function. Children: 0. 1. 2. parameter list (including open-paren and close-paren s) 3. or 5. 4. or 6. Node() representing function body 3. -> (if annotation is also present) 4. annotation (if present) type: str = 'funcdef' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_params() Returns a list of Param(). property name Returns the Name leaf that defines the function or class name. iter_yield_exprs() Returns a generator of yield_expr. iter_return_stmts() Returns a generator of return_stmt. iter_raise_stmts() Returns a generator of raise_stmt. Includes raise statements inside try-except blocks is_generator() Return bool Checks if a function is a generator or not. property annotation Returns the test node after -> or None if there is no annotation. class parso.python.tree.Lambda(children) Bases: Function Lambdas are basically trimmed functions, so give it the same interface. Children: 0. *. for each argument x -2. -1. Node() representing body type: str = 'lambdef' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. property name Raises an AttributeError. Lambdas don't have a defined name. property annotation Returns None, lambdas don't have annotations. class parso.python.tree.Flow(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode class parso.python.tree.IfStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Flow type: str = 'if_stmt' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_test_nodes() E.g. returns all the test nodes that are named as x, below: if x: pass elif x: pass get_corresponding_test_node(node) Searches for the branch in which the node is and returns the corresponding test node (see function above). However if the node is in the test node itself and not in the suite return None. is_node_after_else(node) Checks if a node is defined after else. class parso.python.tree.WhileStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Flow type: str = 'while_stmt' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.ForStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Flow type: str = 'for_stmt' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_testlist() Returns the input node y from: for x in y:. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) class parso.python.tree.TryStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Flow type: str = 'try_stmt' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_except_clause_tests() Returns the test nodes found in except_clause nodes. Returns [None] for except clauses without an exception given. class parso.python.tree.WithStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Flow type: str = 'with_stmt' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) Returns the a list of Name that the with statement defines. The defined names are set after as. get_test_node_from_name(name) class parso.python.tree.Import(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode get_path_for_name(name) The path is the list of names that leads to the searched name. Return list of Name is_nested() is_star_import() class parso.python.tree.ImportFrom(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Import type: str = 'import_from' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) Returns the a list of Name that the import defines. The defined names are set after import or in case an alias - as - is present that name is returned. get_from_names() property level The level parameter of __import__. get_paths() The import paths defined in an import statement. Typically an array like this: [, ]. Return list of list of Name class parso.python.tree.ImportName(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: Import For import_name nodes. Covers normal imports without from. type: str = 'import_name' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) Returns the a list of Name that the import defines. The defined names is always the first name after import or in case an alias - as - is present that name is returned. property level The level parameter of __import__. get_paths() is_nested() This checks for the special case of nested imports, without aliases and from statement: import foo.bar class parso.python.tree.KeywordStatement(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode For the following statements: assert, del, global, nonlocal, raise, return, yield. pass, continue and break are not in there, because they are just simple keywords and the parser reduces it to a keyword. property type Keyword statements start with the keyword and end with _stmt. You can crosscheck this with the Python grammar. property keyword get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) class parso.python.tree.AssertStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: KeywordStatement property assertion class parso.python.tree.GlobalStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: KeywordStatement get_global_names() class parso.python.tree.ReturnStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: KeywordStatement class parso.python.tree.YieldExpr(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode type: str = 'yield_expr' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. class parso.python.tree.ExprStmt(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode, DocstringMixin type: str = 'expr_stmt' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) Returns a list of Name defined before the = sign. get_rhs() Returns the right-hand-side of the equals. yield_operators() Returns a generator of +=, =, etc. or None if there is no operation. class parso.python.tree.NamedExpr(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode type: str = 'namedexpr_test' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) class parso.python.tree.Param(children, parent=None) Bases: PythonBaseNode It's a helper class that makes business logic with params much easier. The Python grammar defines no param node. It defines it in a different way that is not really suited to working with parameters. type: str = 'param' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. property star_count Is 0 in case of foo, 1 in case of *foo or 2 in case of **foo. property default The default is the test node that appears after the =. Is None in case no default is present. property annotation The default is the test node that appears after :. Is None in case no annotation is present. property name The Name leaf of the param. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) property position_index Property for the positional index of a paramter. get_parent_function() Returns the function/lambda of a parameter. get_code(include_prefix=True, include_comma=True) Like all the other get_code functions, but includes the param include_comma. Parameters bool (include_comma) -- If enabled includes the comma in the string output. class parso.python.tree.SyncCompFor(children: List[NodeOrLeaf]) Bases: PythonBaseNode type: str = 'sync_comp_for' The type is a string that typically matches the types of the grammar file. get_defined_names(include_setitem=False) Returns the a list of Name that the comprehension defines. parso.python.tree.CompFor alias of SyncCompFor class parso.python.tree.UsedNamesMapping(dct) Bases: Mapping This class exists for the sole purpose of creating an immutable dict. Utility parso.tree.search_ancestor(node: NodeOrLeaf, *node_types: str) -> BaseNode | None Recursively looks at the parents of a node and returns the first found node that matches node_types. Returns None if no matching node is found. This function is deprecated, use NodeOrLeaf.search_ancestor() instead. Parameters o node -- The ancestors of this node will be checked. o node_types -- type names that are searched for. Development If you want to contribute anything to parso, just open an issue or pull request to discuss it. We welcome changes! Please check the CONTRIBUTING.md file in the repository, first. Deprecations Process The deprecation process is as follows: 1. A deprecation is announced in the next major/minor release. 2. We wait either at least a year & at least two minor releases until we remove the deprecated functionality. Testing The test suite depends on pytest: pip install pytest To run the tests use the following: pytest If you want to test only a specific Python version (e.g. Python 3.9), it's as easy as: python3.9 -m pytest Tests are also run automatically on GitHub Actions. RESOURCES o Source Code on Github o GitHub Actions Testing o Python Package Index AUTHOR parso contributors COPYRIGHT parso contributors 0.8 April 5, 2024 PARSO(1)